Chapter 173: Work Quickly
This job was not difficult. The digging rats worked at full speed and dug very quickly, and it didn't take long to harvest everything.
The distance to the wind and rain grass was a bit far, so Qiao Xi asked the brown-headed vulture to send the burrowing rat back first, and she and Big Head ran there first and met up there.
When she and Datou arrived, Zongzong had been waiting there for a long time. There was nothing they could do. This place was far away and the road was winding. There were no signboards, so Qiao Xi was glad that she and Datou did not get lost.
These windweeds did not grow well, and Zongzong had already cut them all with his wind blade and rolled them aside. Qiao Xi tied them up with a rope, put them into the iron walnut, and began to figure out how many roots to dig underground.
The growth of a clump of Zephyranthes can be seen from the position of the remaining rhizomes. Qiao Xi only selected the strong ones, took out a shovel, and dug up one clump at a time.
You don't need too much, after all, it is grass. If you give it enough fertilizer next year, more new ones will grow.
Qiao Xi was in a good mood today and worked vigorously. She dug out all the remaining roots of the zephyranthes in one breath. Only then did she relax and stretch her arms and thighs.
"Okay, we're done, let's go home." Qiao Xi called to Zong Zong and asked it to fly home first.
This time she had to ride slowly. She couldn't stand riding too fast.
Datou deliberately controlled the speed, and the man and the sheep jumped back home.
The communicator flashed a faint light during the journey. I clicked it and saw a message from the reward distribution officer Matthew. He first complimented Josh for his quick action and had selected and processed the crops with the selected attributes within a day.
Then tell Josh that the enclave selection will be carried out at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning in the lobby of the Federal Administration Bureau, and ask her to be there on time.
She has thought about this. If possible, she wants to choose a piece of land close to the main road and Chaoyang City. It doesn't matter if it's small. Build a shop there and use it as the exclusive store of Weiguang Farm in the future.
After visiting most of the bankrupt farms today, Josh truly felt that the Weiguang Farm was indeed remote. Among these bankrupt farms, several had exceptionally good geographical locations, convenient transportation, and were close to the city.
Although Chaoyang City is not very prosperous now, it will get better and better. When it develops, it will be a sure profit to have a roadside shop.
Josh secretly made a note of his plans for today.
After a busy day, when Josh and Datou returned to the farm, it was already dark. Josh wanted to prepare a snack for himself and Datou and have something delicious tonight.
Who would have known that in the blink of an eye, the big head of the Snow Goat would have disappeared long ago after not being seen for a day. Between its owner and food, it chose love.
Well, it’s not nice to let the loving sheep be separated for a whole day, so let her enjoy dinner alone tonight.
Qiao Xi was thinking about the remaining materials at home, and remembered the white jade potatoes he had just dug out today, and he had a good idea.
First take out all the white jade potatoes from the iron walnuts and spread them on the open ground to dry out the moisture from the soil. Tomorrow, the golden macaques will take the time to knock off the soil attached to them, and then you can store the cleaned white jade potatoes in the warehouse.
Qiao Xi had tied up the wind and rain grass and took it out and put it aside. She would deal with it tomorrow afternoon. She also returned the iron walnut to Kong Yanshu first. This guy couldn't sleep at night without the iron walnut and had to touch it before he could fall asleep. Qiao Xi didn't want to open her eyes in the middle of the night and see a resentful big squirrel standing at the head of her bed, so she had to return it quickly.
He went to the warehouse and got a small bowl of bitter chestnut beans that had been soaked for a day. Qiao Xi crushed them lightly with his fingers and found they were softened. He licked the crushed bean paste and it was no longer bitter, so he could accept it.
Picking out a few plump white jade potatoes that looked delicious at first glance, Josh slowly peeled them and cut them into pieces.
Zong Zong wanted to help, but was rejected by Qiao Xi. She wanted to do it slowly and comfortably by herself.
Qiao Xi took out a small pot, poured in bitter chestnut beans and water, and boiled the beans over high heat.
When the bitter chestnut beans bloom and the bean fragrance spreads, Qiao Xi pours in the white jade potato cubes.
It was her first time eating it, so she had no idea what it tasted like. She had only heard about it from others and read in newspapers, and she had never eaten it herself.
Qiao Xi was still wondering whether the potatoes would taste good if cooked directly without steaming them, but he didn't expect that a faint potato fragrance would waft into the air after a while.
This crop is easier to ripen than the taro from the taro bamboo. Qiao Xi can easily poke it open with chopsticks.
There was not much water left in the pot, so Josh took out some honey, scooped a big spoonful of it, put it into the pot and stirred it evenly.
Qiao Xi waited for the water to evaporate a little more and watched as it was almost done, so she poured fresh big-tail yak milk into the pot.
Stir well and cook until boiling. The potato, chestnut and bean soup is ready.
It's just such a small pot, and the brown-brown boy resting with his eyes closed next to it is not interested. He plans to go into the dim light of the forest at night to eat some meat.
Big Head went to the snow mountain, and the other lambs were ignored for the time being. This small pot was not enough for them to drink.
It just so happened that the lop-eared wolves had just arrived today, so Josh gave them a bowl, as well as a bowl for the big-tailed yaks, and finally Josh's bowl, making three bowls just right.
It's fragrant, sweet and warm, just right for a comfortable sleep after eating it.
--Good night!
I seem to have forgotten something, never mind, let’s go to sleep!
The next day, Josh woke up refreshed.
There was a squeaking sound coming from outside the door early in the morning.
As soon as Josh opened the door, five big rats rolled in.
"Squeak!" Josh, why didn't you take me with you yesterday!
"Squeak~" Didn't take me with you either!
"Squeak!" You only brought those two annoying guys!
Qiao Xi held his forehead and said, "I was wondering what I forgot. It turns out I forgot this."
"Stop, stop! I have to make something clear, it was not me who chose them, it was Zongzong who just grabbed them. If you have any opinions, you can go to Zongzong. It only has two claws and can only catch two burrowing rats. You can't blame me!" Qiao Xi quickly distanced herself from the matter, it had nothing to do with her!
The five burrowing rats are all equally capable at their work, and Josh has never shown any favoritism towards any of them. He just grabs the best ones at random.
Who knew these little guys would be jealous of each other, hahahaha, you are worthy of being Josh, so charming.
Since the big black bird had just caught it, the burrowing rats didn't dare to find fault with it. They were still a little afraid of it and could only look at Josh unhappily, feeling a little aggrieved.
Qiao Xi patted their thick backs and said soothingly, "I asked two digging rats to help yesterday. Can the other three digging rats help me break up the dirt on the white jade potatoes today? Just knock or shake the potatoes in that open space to get the dirt off."
"I would be very, very grateful to the mice who helped me, okay?" The three aggrieved mice suddenly became happy, and immediately agreed to Josh, and ran out one after another to clean the dirt off the potatoes.
As for the remaining two, Josh rubbed their heads, said a few words to them, and successfully coaxed them to go out and play happily. These little rats were easily caught!
(End of this chapter)
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